Cult Justice

S1 E8: The New Mexico Messiah

Original Air Date: Jan 19, 2025

Tucked away in a remote, rural compound in New Mexico in 1987, doomsday preacher Wayne Bent broke away from his Seventh-day Adventist Church upbringing to provide a haven for his followers, who were captivated by his charismatic preaching.

S1 E7: Angel of Death

Con man Daniel Perez was so charismatic that he convinced his followers he was an angel; when he was caught and charged with multiple counts of child rape, he fled to Mexico and faked his own death, ending the investigation.

S1 E6: The Nuwaubi

Original Air Date: Jan 12, 2025

Dwight York, known as Dr. Love, had his own record label and musical career in the early 1990s; his early recordings feature love songs and ballads, but Dr. Love was also a charismatic speaker with radical ideas and gathered hundreds of followers.

S1 E5: The Jeffrey Lundgren Tapes

Original Air Date: May 31, 2024

After a nine-month investigation, authorities find the bodies of a family of five buried in a barn in Kirtland, Ohio; the ritualistic killings, which made headlines in 1990, were carried out at the orders of cult leader Jeffrey Lundgren.

S1 E4: Pastor Tiffanie

Neighbors often wondered about the secretive group living in a school building in suburban Utica, N.Y., but the secrecy is shattered when a counselling session turns violent.

S1 E3: Mother Anna

Anna Young and her husband's House of Prayer was meant to be a haven for anyone who made a mistake, committed a crime, and wanted to turn their life around.

S1 E2: The Generals

General Deborah Green and her husband Jim don't hesitate to call themselves leaders of a cult; what starts as a free love commune offering salvation and refuge for lost souls becomes a militaristic organization that believes in tough love.

S1 E1: The Hollywood Prophet

Original Air Date: May 3, 2024

Bernie Hoffman's dream was to strike it rich as a Hollywood star when God called on him to preach the gospel; changing his name to Tony Alamo, he started a popular Hollywood ministry, TV and radio programs together with his wife Susan.